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There is more to people than meets the eye

The double-doors slid wide open as I approached them, welcoming me into the cool and pleasant atmosphere of the large store. I was in an excited mood, pushing my trolley and the list of things to buy had merely been fetched by my brain, when I notice that the security guards made themselves clearly visible, brandishing their dull grey uniform. I take notice of them, and advance towards the drinks isle. It’s a regular occurrence. Soon enough they follow me, as if they were my entourage. There are two of them. One follows me a few paces behind, on the pretence of re-arranging the stock, while the other quickly dashes to the other end of the aisle.

By their constant gazes and facial expressions, they simply emanated suspicion. I collected my drinks and proceeded down the large middle isle, towards the bakery section, and to my surprise a security guard was there too, wiping the glass on the display box. The irony of the whole incident is that both the security guards are Black and followed me throughout my journey inside the store.

I thought they’d picked on me without any reasonable doubt and made my shopping experience a disaster with their strict surveillance, but amidst the annoyance and provocation, I gathered that there was, obviously, a method in their madness, for they simply followed orders – Perhaps they were indoctrinated to believe that “every Black man is a suspect, and should rightly be ragarded so” But to what point were they following orders, for I was neither dressed as a common shoplifter nor as a thug. Doesn’t society yet understand that not every black person is the same?

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S, next time go up to them and have a quick chat. Let them know that their surveillance needs a lil fine-tuning. Whom are they kidding? Such obvious tailing will hardly nail the real thiefs and only serves to make the innocent uncomfortable. It’s sheer laziness, appearing to be doing their job(to the powers that be) and achieving fluff-all. Argh.

What a coincidence. I had a similar experience yesterday in a large convenience store here in Manchester. As I was looking for which bread loaf to pick up, the asian shop worker came to the back of the store and pretended to rearrange the the stock of canned tuna next to me. I was annoyed with him so I said ‘Gotta, problem?’ He seemed intimidated and moved away without saying a word.

To comment on your post, I would say that from what I have seen and heard so far in life, black people are more racist than caucasians.

Paradise, Maybe i should say something and speak out, but i very much doubt that it will be of any value. These guys are nothing short of Robots, they are programmed!

Fdama, These things always happen – i am glad it isn’t only me. Lol. But atleast you spoke up and cleared the air. As for black people being Racists – in what way do you mean? Towards one another or towards others?

I means towards one another. For example I have seen examples of Afro Carribeans being ‘racist’ towards Africans even though they seem to forget that they were once African themselves. They pick on Somalis and other Africans even though we are of the same skin colour. This is why Somalis and other Africans usually tend to distance themselves away from Afro Carribeans.

…thing is I don’t think it’s actually ABOUT skin colour… the colour of skin is simply a pretext to categorise people into those who are like you and those who are beneath you and even to some extent those who are above you… the actual colour of your skin is irrelevant, it’s what it may represents that we make important. This explains why African Americans are considered “white” when they arrive in West Africa for example… or why Black (Afro) Caribeans act “racist” towards Black Africans. It’s why when an african says to me “you’re not white, you’re as black as I am” I take it as a compliment because what they’re really saying is “I accept you. I realise you’re more like me than you are like them” and what I really want is to be acknowledged as african and not european. It’s why a “white” person who looks down on a “black” or “brown” person will spend hours on a sunbed trying to get as tan as is physically possible. It’s not really about colour.

Anyway, sorry to blurt that all out. It’s just what I think right now. My next racial/racist experience might completely change my mind hehe :-)